this and next year the Acoustics Research Institute (ARI, http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/ ) and the Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique (LMA, http://www.lma.cnrs-mrs.fr/ ) of the CNRS Marseille have an exchange program approved with the title 'Time-Frequency Representation and Audio Perception'.

In the week of 2nd to 6th of october some people the LMA will visit the ARI. The idea will be to have one to two days of formal talks and presentation:* a tour through the institute showing the different groups and the existing infrastructure,* talks representing the work of all the different groups and scientists in the ARI,* the same for their groups of the LMA.

After that one or more day of informal discussions about special topics (possibly in smaller groups) and how we could further cooperate in the future. Possible topics include:- Masking and Psychoacoustics- Software and Algorithms- Signal Processing and Synthesis- Statistical modellingetc....

I plan also to think of a social program for some of the related evenings to also try to get to know each other better from a personal point of view. (At least one thing seems very likely: a presentation of Austrian wine by a friend of mine, who is a wine seller.)

The groups that will visit the ARI will be the* Modélisation, Synthèse et Contrôle des Signaux Sonores et Musicaux (http://www.lma.cnrs-mrs.fr/article28.html) and* Acoustique perceptive et qualité de l’environnement sonore (http://www.lma.cnrs-mrs.fr/article11.html)Five people will visit us, including both group leaders.

So please reserve this week!! If you find time, maybe have a look at their homepages to think of interesting topics to discuss.

Concerning the report I'm ok to do something (with your help ) but I have to talk about that with Sabine and Sophie because I have only Alexandros bibliography report's and nothing concerning the experiment results nor the Master thesis.

Concerning the travel to Vienna from the 2th to the 6th October: OK for me, let's wait for Sabine's come back to book anything.

Concerning the summary of the first data: I'm on it, I hope to finish today or tomorrow in the late morning. It does not make any sense to send you Alex's report, as this report is clearly bad. Hence, Thibaut being absent, I'm writing something in English that I will both send to you all by e-mail and post in jpg format on the forum in the appropriate topic (psychoacoustics)

Concerning the travel to Vienna from the 2th to the 6th October: OK for me, let's wait for Sabine's come back to book anything.

Good. My suggestion would be to use the 2nd and 6th for travels (and / or fun) and the 3rd-5th for work.

Sophie wrote:

Concerning the summary of the first data: I'm on it, I hope to finish today or tomorrow in the late morning. It does not make any sense to send you Alex's report, as this report is clearly bad. Hence, Thibaut being absent, I'm writing something in English that I will both send to you all by e-mail and post in jpg format on the forum in the appropriate topic (psychoacoustics)

Hi all,the dates proposed by Peter seem fine. I was afraid it would be more expensive if we didn't spend the week end, but Lufthansa doesn't seem to mind, at least for the time being (suppose we should make reservations quickly). The most interesting flight seems to be the Lufthansa 4369/6330 on the 2nd of october (Monday) which leaves Marseille at 19:00 and arrives Vienna at 22:30. Peter: will it be a problem to arrive in Vienna this late in the evening? Are there buses at this time and/or do the hotels accept late arrivals?The return is on Friday 6/10, departure 11:15 with arrival at 16:30.I'll have to contact the PAI program quickly to try to get prepaid tickets. Sabine wrote me a message on the 25th of July telling me that she'd like to avoid spending the week end in Vienna, but did not seem to have any particular constraints exept this. As soon as I get acceptance from all of you (Sabine, Sophie, Thibaud) concerning the flight I've described, I'll do the reservations - so be quick!

Hi all,the dates proposed by Peter seem fine. I was afraid it would be more expensive if we didn't spend the week end, but Lufthansa doesn't seem to mind, at least for the time being (suppose we should make reservations quickly). The most interesting flight seems to be the Lufthansa 4369/6330 on the 2nd of october (Monday) which leaves Marseille at 19:00 and arrives Vienna at 22:30.

I didn't want to imply that you should not stay a weekend in Vienna. Rather, it would be nice, if you could.

Solvi wrote:

Peter: will it be a problem to arrive in Vienna this late in the evening? Are there buses at this time and/or do the hotels accept late arrivals?

Public transport stops after midnight and the hotels should be okay with late arrievals, if you tell them beforehand.

Concerning the report I'm ok to do something (with your help ) but I have to talk about that with Sabine and Sophie because I have only Alexandros bibliography report's and nothing concerning the experiment results nor the Master thesis.

Let me know

Yes, please do!!

Please try to write a maximum 2 page report. Use some information from Sophie's report and wrfte about how much we discussed, how important the collaboration was, etc...Maybe talk to Richard, I think, he is good in formulating such stuff.

Peter is right,it's no problem if Thibaud or somebody else wants to stay a bit longer. For Richard and I it's a bit complicated because of the kids, otherwise we would have liked to stay longer.Anyway, it's important for me to get an answer from each of you concerning the dates so that I can reserve the plane tickets!

Concerning the PAI and your question Peter, I don't have any more details about deadlines for 2nd year applications. All they told me was that I couldn't write any report until people from marseille had traveled to Vienna, which sounds reasonable. It's a bit different for you, since you've already traveled, so I'll see if I can get some more information next time I contact them.

03.10.: - a tour through the institute showing the different groups and the existing infrastructure,- talks representing the work of all the different groups and scientists in our lab, the ARI,- the same for their groups of the LMA.- discussion

The program looks great - I'm ready for all your propositions. Concert and dinner sound very nice. I'm very curious about the wine-tasting and the Viennese food, and a classical concert could be nice after all these years with only hard rock

The program looks great - I'm ready for all your propositions. Concert and dinner sound very nice. I'm very curious about the wine-tasting and the Viennese food, and a classical concert could be nice after all these years with only hard rock

Good. What about the rest?

Could you post an answer or write an e-mail as soon as possible, please?

OK for the social program, it seems very nice.I am leaving on thursday (and Sophie also), so I will not come at the dinner this evening, but I will be here for the concert and for the dinner the first evening.

Below you find the detailed programm for the meeting here in Vienna. Thibaud: The price of the concert is actually in the range 4-55 Euro. So it should be affordable for everybody, at least at the cheaper seats.

Bernhard and Peter----------* Tuesday, 3. Oct.:

10:00-11:00 Tour of the ARI,11:00-11:30 Coffee break11:30-13:00: Overview of work in the working groups, part I13:00-14:30 lunch break14.30-16:00 Overview of work in the working groups, part II16:00-16:30 Coffee Break16:30-18:00 further discussions

Overview of work in the working groups:each presentation should really be short, about 10 min., but the time for discussions should be flexible and open!